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"   General Motors, Ford and Chrysler saw their combined results climb by 26.5 percent in July, mostly on the strength of popular discount programs.   Meanwhile, Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai all said July was their best-ever U.S. sales month, and BMW and Mercedes-Benz set sales records in July as well, as did South Korea&amp;#039;s Kia.   Among companies reporting July sales:   General Motors sold 517,749 vehicles in July excluding heavy truck and Saab figures up 19.1 percent from 451,505 units a year ago. GM&amp;#039;s top-selling Chevrolet brand saw monthly sales climb 18.1 percent to 306,160 vehicles, boosted by strong sales of and Avalanche pickups and Tahoe SUVs. So far this year, GM&amp;#039;s total sales have grown 5.4 percent to more than 2.8 million vehicles, as truck sales have risen 11 percent to 1.8 million units. Car volume has slipped 2.8 percent to 1.1 million units year to date. Ford&amp;#039;s U.S. sales totaled 366,548 in July, up 29 percent compared with a year ago. Sales to retail customers were up 39 percent, while sales to fleet customers were down 20 percent. Ford sold 126,905 trucks in July, a number the company claims to be the highest monthly sales for any vehicle since Ford&amp;#039;s Model T sales in the 1920s. Ford also said that all three of its domestic brands posted higher sales in July. Ford Division&amp;#039;s sales of 310,757 were up 33 percent compared with a year ago. Mercury sales were up 23 percent and Lincoln sales were higher than a year ago.  DaimlerChrysler reported total group sales of 260,937 passenger vehicles in the U.S. for July 2005, a 25 percent increase compared to July 2004. Chrysler Group, which consists of the Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge brands, posted sales of 240,146 vehicles in the U.S., an increase of 27 percent. Mercedes-Benz posted sales of 20,791, a 10 percent increase compared to the same month last year.  reported its best-ever sales month in 48 years of business in the United States with total July sales of 216,417 vehicles, an increase of 12.3 percent. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 1,330,487, up 11.7 percent over the same period last year. The Toyota Division posted all-time best-ever sales of 189,855, up 12.6 percent. The Lexus Division reported best-ever July sales with 26,562 units sold, an increase of 9.8 percent. Nissan reported 107,300 total sales in July, an increase of 19.4% over last year. Sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 93,905 units were up 20.5 percent when compared to last year with 80,935 units sold. Sales for Infiniti were up 12.5% percent from last July with 13,395 units sold. July sales of Honda and Acura products were 143,217 vehicles, an increase of 14.5 percent over last year&amp;#039;s results and the second best sales result in the company&amp;#039;s history. The Honda Division posted sales of 123,308 cars and light trucks, an increase of 13.5 percent over year-ago results. Acura Division July sales increased by 21.2 percent to 19,909 units. BMW Group (BMW and Mini brands combined) reported July sales of 26,840, an increase of 11 percent over the 24,086 vehicles sold the same month last year. The BMW Group also reported year-to-date sales of 171,683 vehicles, up 2.4 percent over the 167,732 vehicles sold in the first seven months of 2004. BMW reported an 8 percent increase in July sales and Mini said its July sales were up 41 percent, 3,662 cars this month compared to 2,607 last July. Porsche announced July retail sales in the United States totaled 2,804 cars, an increase of 4 percent compared to July of last year. Year-to-date sales reached a total of 18,930, up 3 percent from the same period last year.  reported total July 2005 U.S. sales of 10,376 units, led by Eclipse sales of 2,331 units up nine percent from last month&amp;#039;s volume and up 140 percent year over year. Suzuki reported a 14 percent increase in July 2005 sales compared to the same month last year. It sold 7,125 units for the month, notching a 7 percent increase for calendar year 2005 to date. Hyundai sold or leased 44,431 cars and sport-utilities in July, up 11 percent compared with a year ago. Kia announced monthly sales of 26,052 units for July 2005, a 10.2-percent increase over the same month in 2004. Kia&amp;#039;s year-to-date sales of 169,138 were 6.0 percent ahead of 2004.  reported July sales totaling 17,959 units, showing an increase of 2.0 percent for the month, over the same period last year. Total sales are up five percent year-to-date.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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